Author: Gastronomy Education

Summer Blog Series: Perspectives from Anthropology of Food

This summer we are pleased to offer a series of blog entries written by the students in the summer Anthropology of Food class (ML 641) in which they reflect on current issues, discuss assignments they have worked on, or address topics of particular interest to them. Today’s post is the first in this series. –Karen […]

Kudos to Bill Nesto!

Congratulations to Senior Lecturer in the Gastronomy Program Bill Nesto and his co-author Fran Di Savino, whose newest book, Chianti Classico: The Search for Tuscany’s Noblest Wine, (University of California Press, 2016) is the only book from the United States to win in the “Drink Special Awards” category at the 2017 Gourmand International World Cookbook Awards ceremony for […]

Course Spotlight: Science of Food and Cooking

The MLA in Gastronomy Program’s course, the Science of Food and Cooking will be back by popular demand for the fall 2017 semester. Through a combination of academic lectures and hands-on cooking experiments in BU’s professional kitchen, students will take a comprehensive look at the molecular changes that occur as food is prepared and cooked. […]